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Permeable Reactive Barriers using nanoparticles to remediate nitrate pollution
| dc.contributor.author | Araújo, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meira Castro, Ana C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiúza, António | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-08T11:58:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-08T11:58:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Nitrat e (NO3 - ) i s per vasi ve i n t he bi ospher e[ 1, 2]. Cont emporar y agri cult ural pr acti ces are a mong t he maj or ant hr opogeni c sources of r eacti ve nitrogen speci es, wher e nitrat ei s t he most abundant of t hese [ 2]. Excessi ve a mount s of r eacti ve nitrogen i n soil s and gr oundwat er ar e creati ng si gnifi cant t hr eat s t o hu man healt h and saf et y [ 3] as well as a host of undesirabl e environment al i mpact s [ 2]; it i s curr ently consi der ed t he second most r el evant environment al i ssue, aft er car bon di oxide e mi ssi ons. Nowadays, a mong t he most r el evant and pr omi si ng appr oaches t o r educe nitrat e concentrati on i n wat er, na mel y gr oundwat er, ar e denitrifi cati on- based pr ocesses [ 4]. Per meabl e r eacti ve barri ers ( PRB) have been pr oven eff ecti ve i n r educi ng vari ous cont ami nant s i n copi ous a mount s, parti cul arl y i n shall ow gr oundwat er [ 5]. However t he possi bl e added eff ecti veness of usi ng nanoparti cl es i n t hese structur es t o obt ai n nitrogen gas from nitrat es requires f urt her i nvesti gati on. | por |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/5350 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | ESTSP - Instituto Politécnico do Porto | por |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | ICEH2014; | |
| dc.title | Permeable Reactive Barriers using nanoparticles to remediate nitrate pollution | por |
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| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Porto - Portugal, 24 to 26 September 2014 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Environmental Health (ICEH2014) | por |
| person.familyName | Meira Castro | |
| person.givenName | Ana C. | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 4114-8077-FF55 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-5579-6550 | |
| person.identifier.rid | A-3027-2012 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 37070861900 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | conferenceObject | por |
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